Curtain for shoe-polishing chairs.



W. W. SEARCY.

CURTAIN FOR SHOE POLISHING CHAIRS.

APPLICA IJ QN FILED SEPT-'15, l9l4.

Patented July 20, 1915.

ghoul-r01 MM 14 cooeo WILLIAM w. SEARCY, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CURTAIN FOR SHOE-POLISHING CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented July 20, 1915'.

Application filed September 15,1914: Serial N0..861,802. I

' Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto a curtain for shoe-polishing chairs.

'- The object of this invention is to provide a shoe-polishing chair with a curtain and means to hand the curtain at the front of the chair and support it from the chair -arms',,whereby the curtain will cover thefront and lower part of a womans dress while sheis seated in the chair and protect her sln'rts and stockings from exposure and from being soiled while the operations of cleaning and polishing her shoes are golng The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 1s a side view of a shoe-polishing chair having the improved curtain in position hanging intermediate of the front chair-legs.

and the foot supports. Fig. 2is a front elevation of the chair of which the upper part is broken away, and shows the curtain hanging from the chair-arms. Figs. 3 and 4 show two views of the device that clips onto and holds the free end of the swinging rod from which the curtain hangs. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the ends of the two chair-arms and the swinging rod.

The chair 6, is shown resting on a platform 7 that elevates the chair as usual above the floor 8. The usual foot-supports 9, are

mounted on posts 10, in front of the chair and a woman seated in the chair would place her feet so that the soles of her shoes will rest on said support 9. A rod 11, has one end provided with an eye 12, which is one part of a movable joint or hinge; the other part of said joint consists of a loop or eye 13, attached to one of the chair-arms 14, said rod is thus jointed to one arm and said rod has one end left free to swing. The

other chair-arm 15, is provided with a suitable device to fasten the free end of the rod.

This device, in the present instance, is a twoprong clip 16. The rod 11, by reason of the 1011].!{01 hinge at one end is capable of swingmg m a horizontal plane, and the curtain 17, has a number of rings 18, attached along its upper-edge and said rings are slipped onto the rod and support the curtain.

The idea of this invention is to provide 7 means that will hang the curtain in front of the seat but projected forward therefrom, and in a verticalplane intermediate ofthe front chair-legs and the'ffoot-support 9, as seen in Fig. 1. The curtain may-be made of any suitablefabric or material that will fold.

When a woman is to be seated, the free end of the rod 11, must be released from its fastener device 16, and then the rod and curtain must be swung away from the front of the chair, as indicated by the curved broken line in Fig. 5. Access to the chair seat 19, is now free. After the person has been seated the rod and curtain may be swung back to the normal position where the curtain will cover the lower part, of the womans dress and protect her skirts and stockings from exposure to view and from being soiled while her feet are resting on The combination with a shoe-polishing chair having a seat and legs, and foot-supports mounted in front of the chair-legs,

of a curtain; and means attached to the said chair that will hang the curtain in a vertical plane intermediate of the front chair-legs v and the said foot-supports, whereby the curtain will not require to be supported by resting on the lap or knees of a person occupying the chair.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of'two witnesses.

WILLIAM W. SEARCY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. B. MANN, BERTHA K. 'WALTER. 

